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Budd McLaughlin, The Huntsville Times

About Me:

1978 graduate of Auburn University with a bachelor's in journalism. Attended the University of Alabama-Huntsville from 1980-82. Worked for newspapers since 1978 in New Jersey and Virginia, as well as the Huntsville News, which folded in 1996, and The Huntsville Times since 1996..